Journal Junction for June 27

June 27, 2013

Editor's note: Journal Junction offers the public a forum to applaud successes, discuss issues, point out problems and review the events of the day in a constructive manner. Journal Junction comments should be limited to two to four sentences and be no longer than 80 words. Longer comments should be submitted as "Letters to the Editor,"?which is a separate forum. The Journal's classified ads section offers help to those with lost or found items. This is a sampling of comments received today. Any others, subject to editing, are published in the online Journal Junction at www.journal-news.net under opinions.

From Martinsburg:

Let the gays marry. Once they find out they can't have children, they will eventually die out. That is assuming that the scientists are correct in that genetics play a factor in whether or not somebody is gay. Darwin's Theory of Evolution and Survival of the Fittest would prevent the "gay gene" from propagating.

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From Martinsburg:

If the IRS is such an onerous burden and such an affront to right-thinking citizens because of its documented excesses and poor oversight, why am I not reading editorials by The Journal demanding the immediate ouster from the state of the IRS's mega-complex in Kearneysville? West Virginia's grown quite good at condemning government, while living off the benefits that it provides, and it gets a greater share than many other states.

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From Charles Town:

The idea of someone from Frederick questioning the number of "vacant and run down homes" in Charles Town is pretty laughable. You might want to take a little look around your own town, pal.

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From East Berkeley County:

The danger we face everyday is auto accidents, not terrorist attacks. The major cause of them is texting while driving, 28 times more than DWI. It takes a court order for a traffic cop to obtain those records, as it should. Shouldn't it take the feds the same to look at our communications? They've proven they can't see the trees for the forest. It would save countless lives if this scenario were reversed.

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From Martinsburg:

In response to yesterday's comment concerning the nonprofit group Friends of Happy Retreat: The group is still meeting monthly and actively attempting to acquire the funding to purchase the home. The owners of the house are hopeful the Friends will be able to do so.

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From Martinsburg:

The "government can do no right, especially the Postal Service" crowd that haunts the Journal Junction should stop and acknowledge one thing that's perfect: The new West Virginia postage stamp honoring the state's sesquicentennial is just gorgeous. Buy one of these well-done stamps (brought to you by your government) and write someone a nice letter and, for a change, dispense with all of the negativity that feeds upon itself in the Junction.

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From Martinsburg:

Paula Deen's empire crumbles because many years ago she uttered the "n" word. Meanwhile, Anthony Weiner is on track to become the next mayor of New York City. Only in what used to be America!